Oscar-winner (Room), Lenny Abrahamson directed the period piece which takes place in 1948, in Warwickshire, England. The story begins when Dr. Faraday (Gleeson) makes a house call to the home of the Ayres family, (a manor where his mother use to work.)The doctor soon sees something is strange about the house and its inhabitants, but the most startling discovery is that his own story is entwined with theirs.